Woodies in the Valley

Local club spotlights uncommon woodie vehicles at show

11:45 PM,
Mar. 7, 2014

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Woodie cars, with their signature wooden frames, can evoke thoughts of beaches and surfers - and that's for good reason, said Wayne Yada, president of the Central Valley Woodie Club.

"They were cheap throwaway cars. Utilitarian. They were the original soccer mom car," Yada said. "The wood, if you didn't take care of them, rotted out. The surfers picked up on that. Take the back seat out and throw the surfboards in."

In fact, he estimates that 60 percent to 70 percent of woodie owners were once, or still are, surfers. ...